GRE Word List
MALADROIT
lacking adroitness : inept
The meaning of the word maladroit is lacking adroitness : inept.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| precipitant | precipitate |